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Bridge GUI Guide: Security Configuration
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In Authentication Method, simultaneously enable device
authentication and configure the default user
authentication setting, by selecting one of:
Device auth with user auth by default - enables user
authentication for new devices by default.
Device auth without user auth by default - disables
user authentication for new devices by default.
4 Click APPLY in the upper right of the screen (or RESET
screen settings to cancel your changes).
Connecting devices will auto-populate the
Device Entries list
with the defaults you configured.
Individual Device Authentication Settings
When device authentication is enabled (above), connecting
devices auto-populate the Bridge’s
Device Entries list, and any
manually created device authentication accounts on the Bridge
are applied to the devices they specify.
NOTE:
The Device
ID of the current
Bridge is shown on
Configure -> Adminis-
tration
, in the System
Info
frame at the top of
the screen.
The Fortress Bridge tracks and manages access for devices on
the Fortress-secured network through two identifiers: the
device’s MAC address and its Fortress-generated Device ID.
When a device auto-populates the
Device Entries list, these
values are detected and entered for the device. When you
manually add a device, you must specify its MAC address and
Device ID. Consult the relevant Fortress documentation for the
device you are adding for information on determining its
Fortress Device ID.
The values and settings that configure individual device
authentication accounts include:
Administrative State - Determines whether the device is
Enabled (the default) or Disabled for network access.
Device ID - a unique, 16-digit hexadecimal identifier
generated for the device and used to authenticate it on the
network
Once a Fortress Device ID has been generated for a
device, it is not user configurable. If you are manually
adding a device, you must specify its valid, Fortress Device
ID. Once established (manually or automatically), the
Device ID cannot be changed.
MAC Address - the device’s MAC address
If you are manually adding a device, you must specify its
MAC address. Once established (manually or
automatically), the MAC address cannot be changed.
Common Name - accepts up to 64 alphanumeric characters
by which you can identify the device.
If a device has a hostname associated with it (the
hostname of a laptop running the Fortress Secure Client,